Funding search · EIN 274292119 · Birmingham, AL

The Sanders Family Foundation

Name: The Sanders Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

61
grants reported: $964,600
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarships scholarship endowed enrichment intervention literacy rance sanders

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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Big Oak Ranch4 grants · $120,000
Alabama Aerospace and Aviation4 grants · $115,000
Hica Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama Scholarship Fund4 grants · $105,000
University of Alabama4 grants · $95,000
Birmingham School of Law Foundation4 grants · $82,000
Restoration Academy4 grants · $70,000
Better Basics4 grants · $60,000
Food for Thought Outreach4 grants · $57,100
Gardere Community Christian School4 grants · $57,000
South Walton Academy4 grants · $57,000

Giving over time

$238,000

2022

$216,500

2023

$230,100

2024

$280,000

2025

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$40,000
Big Oak Ranch · Gadsden, AL · 2025
Operating funds
$40,000
Alabama Aerospace and Aviation · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
Scholarships
$30,000
Hica Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama Scholarship Fund · Birmingham, AL · 2025
Scholarships
$30,000
Big Oak Ranch · Springville, AL · 2022
Operating funds
$30,000
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2022
Rance m. Sanders endowed scholarship
$25,000
Alabama Aerospace and Aviation · Bessemer, AL · 2025
Scholarships
$25,000
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2025
Rance m. Sanders endowed scholarship
$25,000
Alabama Aerospace and Aviation · Bessemer, AL · 2024
Scholarships
$25,000
Big Oak Ranch · Gadsden, AL · 2024
Operating funds
$25,000
Hica Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama Scholarship Fund · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Scholarships
$25,000
Alabama Aerospace and Aviation · Bessemer, AL · 2023
Scholarships
$25,000
Big Oak Ranch · Gadsden, AL · 2023
Operating funds
$25,000
Hica Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama Scholarship Fund · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Scholarships
$25,000
Hica Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama Scholarship Fund · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Scholarships
$22,000
Birmingham School of Law Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2025
Scholarships
$20,000
Food for Thought Outreach · Santa Rosa, FL · 2025
Operating funds
$20,000
Gardere Community Christian School · Baton Rouge, LA · 2025
Scholarships
$20,000
Restoration Academy · Fairfield, AL · 2025
General scholarship fund
$20,000
South Walton Academy · Santa Rosa, FL · 2025
Scholarships
$20,000
Westonwood Ranch · Freeport, FL · 2025
Operating funds
$20,000
Birmingham School of Law Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Scholarships
$20,000
Restoration Academy · Fairfield, AL · 2024
General scholarship fund
$20,000
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024
Rance m. Sanders endowed scholarship
$20,000
Birmingham School of Law Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Scholarships
$20,000
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2023
Rance m. Sanders endowed scholarship
$20,000
Birmingham School of Law Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Scholarships
$15,100
Food for Thought Outreach · Santa Rosa, FL · 2024
Operating funds
$15,000
Better Basics · Birmingham, AL · 2025
Literacy intervention & enrichment programs
$15,000
Better Basics · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Literacy intervention & enrichment programs
$15,000
Gardere Community Christian School · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024
Scholarships
$15,000
South Walton Academy · Santa Rosa, FL · 2024
Scholarships
$15,000
Better Basics · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Literacy intervention & enrichment programs
$15,000
Restoration Academy · Fairfield, AL · 2023
General scholarship fund
$15,000
Better Basics · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Literacy intervention & enrichment programs
$15,000
Restoration Academy · Fairfield, AL · 2022
General scholarship fund
$12,000
Glenwood Schools of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2025
Scholarships
$12,000
Glenwood Schools of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Scholarships
$12,000
Westonwood Ranch · Freeport, FL · 2024
Operating funds
$12,000
Food for Thought Outreach · Santa Rosa, FL · 2023
Operating funds
$12,000
Gardere Community Christian School · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023
Scholarships
$12,000
South Walton Academy · Santa Rosa, FL · 2023
Scholarships
$10,000
Cornerstone Schools of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Operating funds
$10,000
Glenwood Schools of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Scholarships
$10,000
Cornerstone Schools of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Operating funds
$10,000
Food for Thought Outreach · Santa Rosa, FL · 2022
Operating funds
$10,000
Gardere Community Christian School · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022
Scholarships
$10,000
Glenwood Schools of Alabama · Smiths Station, AL · 2022
Scholarships
$10,000
South Walton Academy · Santa Rosa, FL · 2022
Scholarships
$5,000
Oneonta Foundation for Educational Resources · Oneonta, AL · 2025
Technology in schools
$5,000
Oneonta Foundation for Educational Resources · Oneonta, AL · 2024
Technology in schools
$5,000
Exceptional Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Operating funds
$5,000
Oneonta Foundation for Educational Resources · Oneonta, AL · 2023
Technology in schools
$5,000
Exceptional Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Operating funds
$5,000
Oneonta Foundation for Educational Resources · Oneonta, AL · 2022
Technology in schools
$3,000
Oneonta Public Library · Oneonta, AL · 2025
Operating funds
$3,000
Tom Bell Memorial High School Golf Classic Tournament · Oneonta, AL · 2025
General support of programs
$3,000
Oneonta Public Library · Oneonta, AL · 2024
Operating funds
$3,000
Tom Bell Memorial High School Golf Classic Tournament · Oneonta, AL · 2024
General support of programs
$3,000
Oneonta Public Library · Oneonta, AL · 2023
Operating funds
$3,000
Oneonta Public Library · Oneonta, AL · 2022
Operating funds
$2,500
Tom Bell Memorial High School Golf Classic Tournament · Oneonta, AL · 2023
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